Impact Investment
Photography has always been, for me, a way of paying close attention to the world. That same instinct led me to co-found Impulse 4 Development — an initiative focused on sustainable impact investment projects in Brazil. Together with partners in the Santa Catarina, Amazon rainforest and Bahia, we develop projects that support local communities, protect natural ecosystems and create responsible tourism opportunities.
Impulse for development is an organization for the development and realization of projects in emerging and developing countries. Together with our partners, we identify, structure and finance projects with positive impact to our focused regions and countries.
Our partners are persons, companies, organizations and institutions who care that their financial engagement interacts with positive development impulses.
With Blueorange Development Partner GmbH, a well known German urban development & investment company, we have a strong partner on our side, with vast experiences in project development and project realization, integrated in a large organization of banks and investment entities.
In partnership with local and international experts, companies and institutions, we carry out impact investment projects in our partner regions to achieve social, ecological and economical impulses.
Objectives of Sustainable Tourism and Destination Development
Local income by project preparation, realization and operation (e.g. one “Nature Lodge Project” will produce long-term secured household income for several local families).
Education in project development, building, operation and tourism services.
Multiplication impulse by stimulating tourism connected business (e.g. production of goods, local supply, tourism related services, etc.)
Connecting local business to international markets with great opportunities out of bilateral knowhow transparent international business networks. selection of appropriate project location
Our input for a project
Elaboration of the initial project concept together with our local partners
Cooperation to achieve a professional design of the tourism facility, focusing to European travelers requirements.
Creating the thorough structured investment & financing concept
Assuring the integration of advanced eco technologies in the project concept (renewable energy, advanced watertreatment, ecological materials, etc.)
Initiation of a project sustainability certification process (e.g. LEED green building certification)
Structuring the financial investment to the project jointly with local financial sources
Elaboration of an Operational Business Plan, by considering different scenarios according to the local seasonalityand tourists profiles>
Organization of education and training around tourism facilities & services
Essential for the project: with professional project marketing in Europe and the connection to selected European tour operators, the project refinancing will be assured on short-, mid- and long-term basis.
Input from local partners
Securing legal access to the project
Joint elaboration of the initial project concept
Local administrational organization for project preparation and realization
Local planning and project management
Organization of the required local financial sources
Professional operation of the project